Michelle May
M.D.
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Health & Fitness Expert
Michelle May Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Non-diet weight management, intuitive eating, mindful eating, nutrition, fitness, exercise, healthy lifestyles
- Career Focus
- Author, Speaker, Consultant
Michelle May, M.D., an author and recovered yoyo dieter, wants you to stop dieting and start living. Like you, she knows that diets don’t work for most people. Her innovative approach teaches you how to eat instinctively again without deprivation or guilt.
Dr. May developed the comprehensive, award winning Am I Hungry?® Workshops, now available nationwide through communities and corporate wellness programs. Am I Hungry? participants learn how to cope with head hunger, live a more active lifestyle, and balance eating for enjoyment with eating for health. She is an expert in the areas of mindful eating, intuitive eating, and the non-diet approach to weight management.
As a motivational keynote speaker and workshop facilitator, Dr. May delivers her crucial and timely message with passion, energy, humor, and insight that transform the way people view weight management. She has shared her powerful and innovative approach to weight management with hundreds of audiences and her books are recommended by physicians, dietitians and behavioral health experts.
Dr. May is an advisor for Americans in Motion, a featured expert on Discovery Health Channel, and a consultant on health and nutrition for numerous organizations and corporations. Her personal story of triumph over yoyo dieting is featured in Chicken Soup for the Dieter's Soul. She practices what she preaches; she has a passion for gourmet and healthy eating and is a certified yoga instructor.
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Why Diets Backfire
We are bombarded with information about eating right and exercising but millions still battle their weight. Diets often impose food rules that most people do not, cannot or should not follow for very long. Diet "experts" recommend counting calories, servings or points. Some diets require you ...
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Successful New You Resolutions in Ten Strategic Steps
Whether you are setting personal goals for weight loss and better health or business goals for getting organized and increasing profit, the key to successful New Years Resolutions is to create a strategic plan. The following steps will guide you through the goal setting and achievement ...
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Seven Essential Steps for Managing Your Weight Without Dieting
If your commitment to eat right, exercise and lose weight always seems to lose its steam, you’re not alone! Weight problems are not just about what you’re eating, but why you’re eating in the first place. Ask yourself these questions: • Do you think about food and eating more than you think ...
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Unresolved? Set Powerful Goals Instead
If you’re like most people, your New Year’s resolutions are now just a dim memory of good intentions shared over a glass of champagne. Don’t give up or feel guilty. There’s still time for a fresh start. First, forget resolutions and think goal setting instead Start by taking a bird’s eye view ...
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15 Strategies for Holiday Eating Without Weight Gain
Are you one of those people who anticipate and dread the holidays at the same time? Not just the presents, decorations, travel and company, but all of the food? This time of year can really be a challenge so here are 15 tips that will help you enjoy the season more while eating less. • It is ...
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Paint-by-Number or Masterpiece: Restrictive vs. Healthy Eating
There is a harmful idea virus that has become so widespread, so ubiquitous, that it is accepted as normal. It has subtly integrated itself into our beliefs, our thoughts, our language, our behavior and our reality. It’s so pervasive that it has become “conventional wisdom” and almost no one ...
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Michelle May
Most diets are restrictive and unsustainable, leaving the dieter
feeling guilty and disappointed. My goal is to help people recognize and
cope with their triggers for overeating, rediscover joy in physical activity,
and effectively nourish their body, mind, heart and spirit.
Contacting Michelle May
Am I Hungry? Non-Diet Weight Management Program
480 704-7811
How to get started
Visit http://www.amihungry.com/ to take an Eating Styles Assessment and download the first chapter of Am I Hungry? What to Do When Diets Don't Work. Learn how you can let go of restrictive diet rules and learn to eat just the right amount of food to fuel a vibrant life.
Other highlights
Dr. May has appeared on a Discovery Health Channel, Oprah and Friends Radio, has been featured in numerous television and radio programs on health-related topics, and writes regularly for print and electronic media. She is also the winner of the Excellence in Patient Education Innovation Award and her book. Am I Hungry? What To Do When Diets Don't Work received three awards for publishing (Best New Book, Best Health Book, Best Self-Help Book). Her personal story of victory over dieting and overeating appeared in the Chicken Soup for the Dieter’s Soul.